work in progress OPNsense frontend mvc framework

src/opnsense/mvc/app/controllers/OPNsense/Base/ControllerBase.php

@@ -43,4 +43,22 @@ class ControllerBase extends Controller
     {
         $this->view->setTemplateBefore('default');
     }
+
+    /**
+     * @param $dispatcher
+     */
+    public function beforeExecuteRoute($dispatcher)
+    {
+        // Execute before every found action
+        // TODO: implement default behavior
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param $dispatcher
+     */
+    public function afterExecuteRoute($dispatcher)
+    {
+        // Executed after every found action
+        // TODO: implement default behavior
+    }
 }

src/opnsense/mvc/app/controllers/OPNsense/Sample/PageController.php

@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ namespace OPNsense\Sample;
 
 use Phalcon\Mvc\Controller;
 use \OPNsense\Base\ControllerBase;
+use \OPNsense\Core\Config;
 
 /**
  * Class PageController
@@ -37,12 +38,52 @@ use \OPNsense\Base\ControllerBase;
  */
 class PageController extends ControllerBase
 {
+    /**
+     * controller for sample index page, defaults to http://<host>/sample/page
+     */
     public function indexAction()
     {
-        $this->view->title = "XXX";
+        // load model and send to view, this model is automatically filled with data from the config.xml
+        $mdlSample = new Sample();
+        $this->view->sample = $mdlSample;
+
+        // set title and pick a template
+        $this->view->title = "test page";
         $this->view->pick('OPNsense/Sample/page');
     }
 
+    public function saveAction()
+    {
+        // save action should be a post, redirect to index
+        if ($this->request->isPost() == true) {
+            // create model(s)
+            $mdlSample = new Sample();
+
+            // Access POST data and save parts to model
+            foreach ($this->request->getPost() as $key => $value) {
+                $refparts = explode("_", $key);
+                if (array_shift($refparts) == "sample") {
+                    // this post item belongs to the Sample model (prefixed in view)
+                    $mdlSample->setNodeByReference(implode(".", $refparts), $value);
+                }
+            }
+            $mdlSample->serializeToConfig();
+            $cnf = Config::getInstance();
+            $cnf->save();
+
+            // redirect to index
+            $this->dispatcher->forward(array(
+                "action" => "index"
+            ));
+
+        } else {
+            // Forward flow to the index action
+            $this->dispatcher->forward(array(
+                "action" => "index"
+            ));
+        }
+    }
+
     public function showAction($postId)
     {
         $sample = new Sample();

src/opnsense/mvc/app/models/OPNsense/Base/BaseModel.php

@@ -338,4 +338,44 @@ abstract class BaseModel
         }
         $this->internalSerializeToConfig();
     }
+
+    /**
+     * find node by reference starting at the root node
+     * @param BaseField $node source node
+     * @param string $reference node reference (point separated "node.subnode.subsubnode")
+     * @return BaseField|null field node by reference (or null if not found)
+     */
+    public function getNodeByReference($reference)
+    {
+        $parts = explode(".", $reference);
+
+        $node = $this->internalData;
+        while (count($parts)>0) {
+            $childName = array_shift($parts);
+            if (array_key_exists($childName, $node->getChildren())) {
+                $node = $node->getChildren()[$childName];
+            } else {
+                return null;
+            }
+
+        }
+        return $node;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * set node value by name (if reference exists)
+     * @param string $reference node reference (point separated "node.subnode.subsubnode")
+     * @param string $value
+     * @return bool value saved yes/no
+     */
+    public function setNodeByReference($reference, $value)
+    {
+        $node =$this->getNodeByReference($reference);
+        if ($node != null) {
+            $node->setValue($value);
+            return true;
+        } else {
+            return false;
+        }
+    }
 }

src/opnsense/mvc/app/models/OPNsense/Base/FieldTypes/ArrayField.php

@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ class ArrayField extends BaseField
     }
 
     /**
-     *
+     * copy first node pointer as template node to make sure we always have a template to create new nodes from.
      */
     private function internalCopyStructure()
     {

src/opnsense/mvc/app/models/OPNsense/Base/FieldTypes/BaseField.php

@@ -306,4 +306,5 @@ abstract class BaseField
             $this->internalIsRequired = false;
         }
     }
+
 }

src/opnsense/mvc/app/views/OPNsense/Sample/page.volt

-test sample -> page
+<div>
+<i>this is a sample page for the OPNsense mvc frontend framework</i>
+</div>
+
+{{ sample.tag1 }}
+
+ <form action="save" method="post">
+  <input type="text" name="sample.{{sample.tag1.__reference}}" value="{{sample.tag1}}"><br>
+  <input type="text" name="sample.{{sample.tagX.tag1.__reference}}" value="{{sample.tagX.tag1}}"><br>
+
+  <input type="submit" value="Submit">
+</form>
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